Orange County mayor plans to kick off his re-election campaign tonight

Mayor Jerry Demings will host a rally at the Ace Cafe Orlando at 5:30 p.m.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 3:00 p.m. October 28, 2021

West Orange Times & Observer
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Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings is planning to kick off his re-election campaign in downtown Orlando tonight.

Demings was originally sworn in on Dec. 4, 2018 as the fifth elected mayor of Orange County and is the first African-American to serve in the role. In his position, he oversees more than 8,000 Orange County employees.

The mayor filed to keep his job on Monday, Oct. 18.

Tonight, he will formally begin his re-election campaign with a rally at Ace Cafe Orlando at 5:30 p.m.

Demings is seeking a second full term in the county’s most powerful office, which oversees a $5.2 billion budget.

Throughout his first term he has led the county through its ongoing battle with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The mayor's wife, U.S. Rep. Val Demings, will also be in full-on campaign mode as she takes on Sen. Marco Rubio.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.